Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [det] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've been such a good and loyal friend to me all these years , and I know it was wrong of me to ask something so demanding of you , but … ’ |
| 2 | She had been such a fine woman . |
| 3 | Sometimes they had speculated on how she would develop but not often : mostly she was taken for granted because she had been such a quiet child , sitting dozily in her pram outside the Dog and Duck while the sun went down . |
| 4 | Anna thought about the needlework classes of her schooldays , in which she had been such a conspicuous non-success . |
| 5 | She had been such an innocent victim from the start it seemed only fair to help her all they could now . |
| 6 | He has been such a good , kind husband . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 8 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 9 | and then erm , we drove , er then we walked through this park , which was lovely , it had squirrels running all round the place and pigeons and everything , it was gorgeous , and , and because it , it 'd been such a gorgeous day , it 's just that my fucking nose is cold . |
| 10 | How could he have been such a poor judge of character ? |
| 11 | It had been such a confusing time for her — the quarrel with Stephen and her mother 's death following so closely . |
| 12 | It had been such a traumatic , agonising time , even now she could n't talk about it without feeling pain . |
| 13 | It had been such a stupid little exchange , the words in themselves meaning nothing , yet here she was , trembling like a colt . |
| 14 | It had been such a good idea and all that had resulted from it was a double punishment for her and a complete failure to make anyone believe to Alicia or Daryl had played the trick . |
| 15 | It had been such a little hurt . |
| 16 | It had been such a lovely evening . |
| 17 | Always , in the past , it had been such a jolly day . |
| 18 | It had been such an unsettled year altogether that he had had no opportunity for connected work of anything other than a temporary kind ; at the beginning of November , faced with the prospect of the British Council tours to France and Italy , he did not believe that he would be able to begin serious composition until the new year . |
| 19 | Although devoted to his family and always kind to them , he expected and strongly pressed his only son to follow the legal and political career in which he had been such a brilliant success . |
| 20 | Looking up at him , ‘ It 's been such a marvellous day , ’ she replied , openly , honestly , — but suddenly , as his glance pinned hers , she felt unable to look away . |
| 21 | It 's been such a long time . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 23 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 26 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
| 27 | But before doing that er , you may reasonably ask what action we 've taken er , during this year when it 's been such a difficult year . |
| 28 | Phenomenal because it 's been such a difficult year , and this is erm a prize that 's given to the gentleman or lady that accrues the most points in the whole of the amateur section . |